tacklen.
/ˈtak(ə)l/ 1. Apparatus, utensils, instruments, implements, appliances; equipment, furniture, gear.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > [noun]
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements
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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord > collectively
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 883 And tol and takel and orf he [Abram] dede Wenden hom to here ogen stede.
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS xxviii. 32 Vr takel, vr tol, þat we on trowe.
1464 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 248 Payd ffor my masterys takelys, ij.d.
1539 Will of Laurance Godsman (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/28) f. 6v Item I give all my tickell..to the chapell of Saynt James to the making of the Northe Ille.
1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes Epil., in Wks. II We'are sorry that haue so mis-spent Our Time and Tackle.
1669 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown i. iv. §10 To transport themselves, or tackle in a Journey.
1717 Derham in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 365 I am sorry my tackle was not ready when you would have favoured me with your company.
1815 F. Burney Jrnl. in Jrnls & Lett. (1980) VIII. 386 As I had no writing tackle..I sent him..to procure me proper implements at the best stationers.
1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat 64 George wanted the shaving tackle.
2. figurative.1893 R. L. Stevenson Heathercat iii The circle of faces was strangely characteristic; long, serious, strongly marked, the tackle standing out in the lean brown cheeks.
a. Frequently with pronunciation /ˈteɪk(ə)l/. The rigging of a ship: in early use often in wider sense of ‘equipment’ or ‘gear’ as in 1; in later use spec. the running rigging or ropes used in working the sails, etc., with their pulleys; passing into sense 3 ground tackle, anchors, cables, etc., by which a ship is made fast to the ground.
/ˈteɪk(ə)l/. The rigging of a ship: in early use often in wider sense of ‘equipment’ or ‘gear’ as in 1; in later use spec. the running rigging or ropes used in working the sails, etc., with their pulleys; passing into sense 3 ground tackle, anchors, cables, etc., by which a ship is made fast to the ground.ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > [noun]
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun]
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a1300 Cursor Mundi 24944 Ful fair bicome þat see to sight, And þai bigan þair takel dight.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 312 The reyni Storm fell doun algates, And al here takel made unwelde.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) 261 They..bare away cordes, cables and saylles, and the other takle, and leyde it in the fortresse.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 226 Dresseth surely the ropes and shyp tacle.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xxi. 27 b Vpon all the gallies..and other vessels all along vpon the takels, yardes, and other ropes and poupes.., aboue 300 candels.
a1643 J. Burroughs Sovereignty Brit. Seas (1651) 125 To brooke the seas, and to know the use of the tackles, and compasse.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 717 With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving. View more context for this quotation
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 14 Holland is..for keeping Ships in Harbour with small expence of Men and ground Tackle.
1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 282 The Second Shot..carry'd away..our Fore-stay Tackle.
1885 Sir J. C. Matthew in Law Times Rep. 52 265/1 The vessel..was sold as she lay with her gear and tackle.
b. Cordage; a rope used for any purpose.
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1529 Act 21 Hen. VIII c. 12 §1 Diuers..persons..provide Hemp, and thereof make Cables, Ropes,..Traces, Halters, and other Tackle.
1542 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 185 For vij stane of takkillis..for bynding of the gunnis.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Aiiv/1 A Tackle, capulum.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 454. ⁋4 The Tackle of the Coach-window is so bad she cannot draw it up again.
3.
a. An arrangement consisting of a rope and pulley-block, or more usually a combination of ropes and blocks, used to obtain a purchase in raising or shifting a heavy body.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle
tackle1539
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun]
tackle1539
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1539–40 in Devon. Notes & Queries Oct. (1903) 238 Ropys, poleys and other takle to hawse uppe the ledde uppon the Castell.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 Sheeps feet is a stay in setling a top mast, and a guie in staying the tackles when they are charged with goods.
1722 in Hist. Brechin (1867) 133 Item for a big teakil, being double the hight of the small steeple £40 Scots.
1732 J. T. Desaguliers in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 292 The Machine consists of three Pullies (two upper and one lower, or a Tackle of Three).
1771 K. FitzGerald in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 78 It would not be difficult, with a proper teakle, to raise a barometer of this kind..as high as 200 feet.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 507 The cannon were raised by large brass tacles..from rock to rock.
1830 H. Kater & D. Lardner Treat. Mechanics xv. 198 A combination of blocks, sheaves, and ropes is called a tackle.
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 107 A simple tackle consists of one or more pulleys rove with a single rope.
b. A windlass and its appurtenances, used for hoisting ore, etc.; also, generally, the apparatus of cages or kibbles, with their chains and hooks, for raising ore or coal.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > for raising ore or coal
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1874 J. H. Collins Princ. Metal Mining (1875) xiv. 79 The first machine used in mining operations for raising ore or deads is usually the tackle or windlass.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 184 Tackle (Corn.), the windlass, rope, and kibble.
a. Implements of war, weapons; esp. arrows; also, a weapon; an arrow. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] > collective or plural
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [noun] > collectively
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c1400 Rom. Rose 1729 Shette att me so wondir smert, That thorough myn eye unto myn hert The takel smote, and depe it wente.
c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 106 A sheef of Pecok arwes bright and keene..Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 485/2 Tacle, or wepene, armamentum.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 486 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 123 It [sc. a bow] suld hafe bene son out of pyth to schot ony takil vith.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. x. 78 His bow..bend hes he, Tharin a takyll set of sovyr tre.
1568 Christis Kirk on Grene in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 264 Ane haisty hensure callit hary..Titt vp a taikle wtowttin tary.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 225 This said, she to her tackle fell, And on the Knight let fall a peal Of blows so fierce.
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1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 176/2 in Chron. I The Englishmen woulde in no wise giue it ouer, but stickt to their tackle.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 464 But ye Carmelites standing hard to theyr tackle, recovered the victory at the last.
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 55 The reste stoode stoutly to their tackle, so that..the trouble..was suppressed.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. vii. 9/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II To incourage his people to stand to their tackle, and valientlie to withstand Mac Morogh.
1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 197 Two Regiments of the Country Militia..stood to their Tackle better than well enough [in defence of a town].
1828 E. Irving Last Days 230 You would have armed the house against him, and stood to your tackle all the night.
1841 C. Brontë Let. 1 July in Wise & Symington Brontës (1932) I. 234 Mrs. White offered me a week..but I demanded three weeks, and stood to my tackle with a tenacity worthy of yourself.
5. Apparatus for fishing; fishing-gear, fishing-tackle.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > [noun]
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1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. viii. (Tollem. MS.) Aristotel sayeþ þat fischeres heldeþ hoot water on here instrumentes and takles, þat þey be þe raþer frore.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xiii. xxix [The fish] comeþ ofter in to newe tacle þat is set for hem, þan in to olde.
1713 J. Gay Rural Sports 6 The Peacock's Plumes, thy Tackle must not fail.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1783 II. 449 Johnson: I indeed now could fish, give me English tackle.
1850 Act 13 & 14 Vict. c. 88 §1 The word ‘net’ shall..include all descriptions of tackle, trawl, trammel, stake, bag, coghill, eel, haul, draft, and seine nets.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling i. 21 Use the very neatest tackle which you can afford for roach.
6. The equipment of a horse; harness.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun]
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1684 Bp. G. Burnet tr. T. More Utopia 142 Take off both his Sadle, and all his other Tackle.
1725 T. Thomas in Portland Papers VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 133 [The] coach..I thought could hardly have been able to get over..without some loss either to the poor beasts, or the tackle.
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 15 Our Tackle was not so tight as it should be.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 102 I've backed two a week since I came, and have three in tackle, in the yard now.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy > person > a mistress
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1688 T. Shadwell Squire of Alsatia iv. i. 67 My pure Blowing, my Convenient, my Peculiar, my Tackle.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Tackle, a Mistress.
8. Victuals; food or drink; ‘stuff’. slang.
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the world > food and drink > food > [noun]
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chow1886
nosebag1888
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food aid1900
tackle1900
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scarf1932
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1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 85 The purl warms the cockles of Tom's heart... ‘Rare tackle that, sir, of a cold morning,’ says the coachman.
1900 G. Swift Somerley 113 Do you think ladies usually eat that stodgy tackle?
9. [ < tackle v.]
a. Rugby. The act of tackling: see tackle v. 5.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
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dribble1889
throw-in1896
breakaway1906
right-footer1906
set piece1938
long ball1954
scissors kick1955
1876 in P. H. Davis Football (1911) 462 A tackle is when the holder of the ball is held by one or more players of the opposite side.
1898 A. Spurling in W. A. Morgan ‘House’ on Sport 170 If you are running after an opponent who has the ball, and find he is gaining on you, don't give up, as he may be checked, and you have the pleasure of making a good tackle.
1901 Scotsman 11 Mar. 4/8 Neill, by a plucky tackle..prevented a break away.
1905 Oxf. Mag. 22 Feb. 215/1 One of his tackles was excellent.
b. In American football: Each of two players (right and left) stationed next to the end rusher or forward in the rush-line.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > types of player
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rusher1877
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runner1880
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tackle1891
defensive end1897
guard1897
interferer1897
receiver1897
defensive back1898
defensive tackle1900
safety man1901
ball carrier1902
defensive lineman1902
homebrew1903
offensive lineman1905
lineman1907
returner1911
signal caller1915
rover1916
interference1920
punt returner1926
pass rusher1928
tailback1930
safety1931
blocker1935
faker1938
scatback1946
linesman1947
flanker1953
platoon player1953
corner-back1955
pulling guard1955
split end1955
return man1957
slot-back1959
strong safety1959
wide receiver1960
line-backer1961
pocket passer1963
tight end1963
run blocker1967
wideout1967
blitzer1968
1891 W. Camp Amer. Football 41 The tackle is an assistant to both end and guard.
1894 Outing 24 281/1 Every one knew he had been a famous tackle on one of the football teams.
1905 McClure's Mag. (U.S.) June 123/2 Captain and right-tackle of the Yale eleven.
c. The act of tackling in other sports. Cf. tackle v. 5 (c).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
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line1891
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push pass1919
aerial1921
screen1921
ball-hawking1925
fast break1929
tackle1930
chip1939
screenshot1940
snapshot1961
hang time1969
one-two1969
blooter1976
passback1976
sidefoot1979
1930 M. Pollard Hockey for Women viii. 106 A defence player can run towards the tackle, but she should never run into it.
1967 J. Potter Foul Play x. 120 Basil was out of the goal in a lightning flash, cutting off the pass with a sliding tackle.
Compounds
C1. General attributive. See tackle-house n., tackle-porter n.
tackle-box n.
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1902 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 702/2 This will render carrying a tin tackle-box unnecessary.
1905 Daily Chron. 26 July 4/7 Banks..lined with seedy, quiet, elderly men with tackle-boxes, evening papers, and roach-poles.
tackle-chain n.
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1865 S. Ferguson Lays W. Gael 119 The windlass strains the tackle chains, the black mound heaves below.
tackle-dealer n.
tackle-hook n.
tackle-maker n.
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1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 14 Apr. 87/1 The lines of the angler may be bought from the tackle makers.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 222 The little tackle-maker..would soon have made his fortune had the rage lasted.
tackle-shop n.
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1909 Nation (N.Y.) 3 Oct. 12/1 Flies..bought at a tackle-shop.
C2.
tackle-block n. = block n. 2.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > tackle > pulley(s) mounted in case
block1622
tackle-block1793
1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §122 A pair of tackle-blocks.
tackle-board n. a frame, placed at the end of a rope-walk, containing the whirls to which the yarns are attached to be twisted.
tackle-fall n. = fall n.2 29a.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > ropes of
runner1618
tackle-fall1698
1698 in MSS. Ho. Lords (1905) III. 338 We were forced to unreeve our tackle-falls to make lanyards for our lower shrouds.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Garant, a tackle-fall, or the part upon which they pull in hoisting.
tackle-man n. a man who works the tackle, e.g. of a gun.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with other specific tools or equipment
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stamper1556
blocker1609
benchman1658
engineman1777
squaremanc1790
kettleman1833
vice-man1837
poleman1859
tackle-man1859
ladler1875
sand-blaster?1881
ticket chopper1898
cager1908
gadgeteer1926
paint sprayer1928
1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 207 Traversing tacklemen..7 and 8.
1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 79/2 The ‘rear tackleman’..held the end of the tackle.
tackle-room n. a room in which horse tackle is stored; cf. tack room at tack n.7 b.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [noun] > tack room
saddle room1749
saddle house1799
saddlery1820
tack room1924
tackle-room1951
1951 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 587/1 You enter the tackle-room, where surgical harness is stored.
1962 A. Fry Ranch on Cariboo v. 53 Like all cabins, [it] was kitchen, dining and living all rolled into one, sometimes even tackle room.
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colloquial. A man's genitals. Also with modifying word, as bed-tackle; also wedding tackle n. at wedding n. Additions.
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the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun]
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tackle1533
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emblemsa1625
virilities1646
genitalia1651
button1691
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basket1941
crown jewel1970
lunchbox1972
junk1983
trouser department1985
package1993
1533 J. Heywood Mery Play Iohan Iohan sig. B.iiiv But for your labour, I wolde that your tacle Were in a skaldyng water well sod.
1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived Postscr. 310 The fault was in the vile and wicked whore-masterly Husband, broke and bankrupt in his Bed-Tackle; and this is the reason of so many miserable and unhappy Marriages.
1788 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue (ed. 2) Tackle,..a man's tackle; the genitals.
1987 R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder the Third in R. Curtis et al. Blackadder: Whole Damn Dynasty (1998) 310/2 Take me roughly from behind! No, not like that, like this! Trousers off, tackle out! Walk the dog! Where's my present?
2013 Field Apr. 18/2 There are a couple of hundred hot and sweaty soldiers currently wearing slightly-less-than-fashionable, tight-fitting, ballistic-protection underpants.., helping ensure that our tackle remains intact.
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tacklev.
/ˈtak(ə)l/[In the following, a MS. variant of tagild: see tagle v. ]† 1. † b. To handle or work the tackle of a ship.† c. intransitive. To tack, or sail across the wind. Obsolete.† 2. To raise or hoist with tackle. Obsolete. rare.† 6. (?) To enclose or fortify. Obsolete. rare.Perhaps some error, or a different word.
a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 512 Þaire affecciouns ere ay takild with sum luf þat draghis þaim fra godis luf.
a. transitive. To furnish (a ship) with tackle; to equip with the necessary furnishings. Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip
ship1052
graith1297
tackle1486
trimc1513
equip1574
outred1577
to fit out1670
1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 74 The same Ship so takled & aparailled was deliuered..to Rauf Astry.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 752/1 My shyppe is takylled and talowed, and redy to hoyse up the sayle.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12313 To gyffe..Tho shippes to shilde o þe shyre whaghes,..And tyrn hom to takle, & trusse for the sea.
1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War 5 Althoughe the shyppe be..well garnished and tacled with sayle and ballast.
1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. ii. 99 At the same time, they trimmed and tackled up a great company of Ships.
1686 J. Dunton Lett. from New Eng. (1867) 26 He is a pitch'd Piece of Reason, calckt and tackl't, and only studied to dispute with Tempests.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work tackle
tackle1513
purchase1567
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iii. ii. 119 The noyis wpsprang of mony marynair Besy at thair werk, to takilling euery tow Thair feris exhorting.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 32 Quhen the schip vas taiklit, the master cryit, boy to the top.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 9 Scirus..gaue to Theseus..another marriner to tackle the sayles, who was called Phœas.
a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) ii. 253/2 There are so few Sailors to tackle their Ships, that they will be taken upon the Stays.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > tack or make tacks
to make boards1533
tack1557
traverse1568
ply1589
board1627
tackle1632
busk1635
trip1687
to beat abouta1774
to come about1777
to make short boards1777
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1906) 288 Seven weekes crossed with Northerly Windes, ever Tackling and boarding from the Affricke Coast, to the Carminian shoare.
1669 in Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 20 In this unease Of Tackling Boards, we so the way make short.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > work with tools or equipment [verb (transitive)] > lifting or hoisting equipment
to wind upc1275
windc1440
sling1522
crane1570
hoise1573
pulley1581
tackle1711
lewis1837
teagle1841
to jack up1853
windlass1870
whorl1886
luff1913
1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 6 A Portland..Stone, may be wrought to its exact Shape before it be tackled up on St. Paul's Church.
3. To harness (a horse) for riding or draught. Also absol. with up.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness
harness13..
putc1550
to put in1709
tackle1714
to put to1732
reharness1775
crupper1787
crup1880
tack1946
1714 S. Sewall Diary 5 Apr. (1973) II. 750 Our Horses were forced to leap into the Sea. By that time had tackled them [it] was duskish.
1770 Mrs. E. Smith in Lett. Jas. Murray (1901) 130 Wednesday her coach and chaise was tackled for us to take an airing and see all the curiositys of Kelso.
1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen Pref. p. ix How to chuse a horse, how to tackle him properly, in what sort of dress to ride him, how to mount and manage him.
1826 P. Pounden France & Italy 7 Five untrimmed little horses, tackled to with ropes.
1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xx I shall jest tackle up and go over and bring them children home agin.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 93 I'll get a spare saddle and bridle, and will tackle him.
4. colloquial.
a. To grip, lay hold of, take in hand, deal with; to fasten upon, attack, encounter (a person or animal) physically.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)]
assail?c1225
to set on ——c1290
saila1300
to turn one's handc1325
lashc1330
to set against ——c1330
impugnc1384
offendc1385
weighc1386
checka1400
to lay at?a1400
havec1400
to set at ——c1430
fraya1440
rehetea1450
besail1460
fray1465
tuilyie1487
assaulta1500
enterprise?1510
invade1513
sturt1513
attempt1546
lay1580
tilt1589
to fall aboard——1593
yoke1596
to let into1598
to fall foul1602
attack1655
do1780
to go in at1812
to pitch into ——1823
tackle1828
vampire1832
bushwhack1837
to go for ——1838
take1864
pile1867
volcano1867
to set about ——1879
vampirize1888
to get stuck into1910
to take to ——1911
weigh1941
rugby-tackle1967
rugger-tackle1967
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > tackle or proceed to deal with > physically
tackle1872
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) A wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. This is a common popular use of the word in New England, though not elegant.
18.. Dial. Northampton The dog tackled the sheep in the field and almost killed one.
1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy vii Smith's a big man; but I think I can tackle him.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady ii. 58 The people seem to have been afraid to tackle them [otters].
b. To ‘come to grips with’, to enter into a discussion or argument with; to attack; to approach or question on some subject.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > begin an action or fall to doing something > resolutely or vigorously
to sit in1736
strap1823
to get down1826
tackle1841
to buckle down (to)1865
to bite on1904
to wade into1904
to get stuck into1910
to get one's teeth into1935
to sink one's teeth into1935
to get stuck in1938
to get to grips with1947
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 237 John Willet was in amazing force to-night, and fit to tackle a Chief Justice.
1858 D. Masson Life Milton (1859) I. iv. 168 The Respondent having stated and expounded his theses, was then tackled by a series of Opponents.
1887 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne iii I'll tackle the laird myself.
1901 Scotsman 13 Mar. 12/2 He too was tackled on the question, but when he explained it..he found the electors..reasonable.
c. To grapple with, to try to deal with (a task, a difficulty, etc.); to try to solve (a problem). Also transferred.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)]
fandOE
assayc1300
tryc1315
provec1330
adventurea1387
sayc1390
paina1400
havec1400
practisea1450
afforcec1487
afond1488
attempta1538
procure1574
endeavour1581
offer1611
poacha1616
attent1620
to venture at1623
essay1641
attentate1656
smacka1657
tempt1697
to try at1794
to have a go1802
to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833
tackle1847
to have or take a whack at1891
to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895
to have a dash (at)1916
the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > tackle or proceed to deal with
entreat?a1450
overtakea1500
to go on ——1508
take1523
to go about ——?1533
to set upon ——1555
fall1589
to turn one's hand1628
to take to task1649
tackle1847
to take on1898
1847 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 171 There was no difficulty at all in coming to the subject at once, and tackling it.
1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 320 Learn.. how most effectually to tackle any little difficulty that occurs.
1897 D. Hay Fleming in Bookman Jan. 118/1 Has any previous writer ever tackled a work of such difficulty and magnitude among similar surroundings?
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 105/2 The sort of road that even a Ford would hesitate to tackle.
d. To attack, fall upon, begin to eat (food).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] > begin
tackle1884
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxx. 264 So the king sneaked into the wigwam, and took to his bottle for comfort; and before long the duke tackled his bottle.
1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xii We tackled the cold beef for lunch.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 132 A strong man gets over it in a day or two, and tackles his bread and meat, and his work, pretty much as usual.
e. intransitive. To set to; to grapple with something.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > begin vigorously
spat1809
tackle1867
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > begin to fight
to step togetherc1275
lash13..
felterc1400
to fall forth1572
tackle1867
1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxxii. 273 We'll tackle to? Very well; so be it.
1867 Country Words No. 17. 262 Tackle to't reet while yo're yung.
a1868 S. Lover in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) The old woman..tackled to for a fight in right earnest.
1910 N.E.D. at Tackle Mod. dial. (E.D.D.) Ah tackled wi' t' badger.
5. (a) In Rugby and American Football, To seize and stop (an opponent) when in possession of the ball. (b) In Association Football, To obstruct (an opponent) with the object of getting the ball away from him. (c) In other sports, to obstruct or accost (an opponent) in order to deprive him of the ball or other object of play. Also absol.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > play team ball games [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres
pass1865
to throw in1867
work1868
centre1877
shoot1882
field1883
tackle1884
chip1889
feed1889
screen1906
fake1907
slap1912
to turn over1921
tip-in1958
to lay off1965
spill1975
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > play football [verb (transitive)] > actions or manoeuvres
place-kick1845
punt1845
dribble1863
head1871
tackle1884
mark1887
foot1900
boot1914
rumble1954
late-tackle1957
dummy1958
crash-tackle1960
to pick up1961
nod1965
slot1970
welly1986
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > play rugby football [verb (transitive)] > actions to player
maul1856
tackle1884
to hand off1886
screw1887
sidestep1911
smother1920
stiff-arm1927
sprig1939
spear tackle1969
card1986
yellow card2011
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > play American football [verb (transitive)] > actions to players
tackle1884
nail1888
block1889
quarterback1892
rough1904
rush1913
to fake out1931
straight-arm1934
submarine1941
red-dog1950
clothesline1959
spear1964
sack1969
1884 Daily News 23 Dec. 5/5 He..tackled well, kicked judiciously, and as captain of the team gave every satisfaction.
1891 Lock to Lock Times 24 Oct. 13/1 He now plays half-back, and is exceedingly useful in that position, tackling and kicking in great style.
1895 H. F. P. Battersby Hockey 98 In defence, they [sc. the halves] must tackle everything, and stick to it.
1897 Sportsman 16 Dec. He was tackled close to his own quarter line.
1899 M. Shearman et al. Football (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) 121 Practically the best general rule is for the half-back to tackle the man with the ball, and the back to be near up ready to intercept a pass.
1901 Scotsman 11 Mar. 4/8 Those who questioned his ability to tackle..must have got a surprise when they saw the manner he dealt with his opponent.
1935 Encycl. Sports, Games & Pastimes 701 The referee may also penalise a side if any of the players holds the ball under the water when tackled.
1959 M. Boyd Lacrosse Playing & Coaching vi. 70 As soon as their opponents get the ball, attack players must tackle back onto them.
1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 320/2 The supporting backs and line-backers are prepared to tackle the carrier.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fortify [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
enfirm1297
ofstrengthc1325
strengthc1325
warnc1330
ward1340
warnestorec1374
abattlec1380
embattlec1380
fortify1436
bulwark1450
strengthen1450
bastille1480
enstrength1483
rempare1525
munite1533
fence1535
force1535
ranforce1547
rampire1550
fort1559
ramforce1570
fortificate1575
refortify1579
ensconce1590
munify1596
sconce1598
renforce1602
harness1611
munish1633
tackle1645
schanze1901
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. lviii. 88 The Moralist tells us, that a quadrat solid wise man, should involve and tackle himself in his own vertue, and slight all accidents that are incident to man, and be still the same.
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